Hannahbanana BSN, MSN

Physiology, CM, consulting, nsg edu, LNC, COB

Knows a thing or two because she’s seen a thing or two.

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    Share Policies That Have Not Saved One Life

    Hannahbanana replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I’m with you on a lot of these things, except for the nursing plan of care. You wouldn’t think much of an attending physician (or resident) who didn’t diagnose an admission and document...
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    NURSING IS A TOXIC CAREER!

    Hannahbanana replied to QualityRN's topic in General Nursing

    “What you have read” is wrong, simply wrong, or perhaps whoever wrote it misinterpreted it. The screen is a screen. It should be requisitioned as that, “screening colonoscopy” and nothing...
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    New Grad Job Searching without Referrals?

    Hannahbanana replied to NewbieNurseRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Not sure what you mean about this. You can't have a driver's license in more than one state-- you surrender your old state one when you apply for your new state one-- but you can have as many nursing...
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    Part time gigs for retired nurses

    Hannahbanana replied to debi49's topic in General Nursing

    Well, lots of ways. I have been editing other people’s written work since high school because I hate bad writing, LOL. I volunteered to be a reviewer for some professional journals— they’re...
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    How Long Do You Expect To Be a Nurse?

    Hannahbanana replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    There’s a difference between “be a nurse” and “be employed/licensed as a nurse.” I was a nurse at nine or ten when I knew what medicine to give a severely asthmatic sibling experiencing an...
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    Relatives/friends/whoever call the operator and get transferred to the unit...what do I say?

    Hannahbanana replied to bella14b's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    People rarely remember that people need protection for all kinds of reasons. Thank you for reminding us of this. Abusers can be very devious and the slightest hint that their prey may be in your care...
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    Denial is more than a river in Egypt

    Hannahbanana posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    She
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    Are nurses really leaving nursing in droves?

    Hannahbanana replied to Mqshell's topic in General Nursing

    As for me, I’m tapping my IRA and full social security. Hint: a lot of us are boomers retiring, LOL. Other than that, people may be leaving hospitals but they’re not necessarily leaving...
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    Should I quit nursing school?

    Hannahbanana replied to girl.in.blue's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Dear poster, please immediately change your profile so you aren’t posting under your actual name. AN is not private, meaning anybody can run your name thru a search engine and find your posts. Maybe...
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    Have you ever left a nursing job due to a patient/family member?

    Hannahbanana replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Your gut and just about every poster on your threads.
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    Non-Patient Contact Jobs

    Hannahbanana replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    You don’t have to be employed by a firm to do LNC work and you don’t have to limit yourself to records review and chronologies/summaries, either. AAMOF, most LNCs are independent contractors....
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    Help! I failed nursing school.. What should I do?

    Hannahbanana replied to Rheab35's topic in General Students

    If you’re not happy c your program and don’t feel it’s cost-effective, perhaps you ought to have done more research into other ones. As it is, do the best you can c this one, feel free to learn...
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    pre-MED SURG Summer classes/courses?

    Hannahbanana replied to ladyinwaiting's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Some excellent ideas here. I hope that you and others will take advantage of them, because that will work out better for
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    Help! I failed nursing school.. What should I do?

    Hannahbanana replied to Rheab35's topic in General Students

    Sometimes posts are not targeted to one person, in this case, yourself. There are many, many, MANY students and wannabe students who needed to hear that. I hope they will. Meanwhile, trust me, your...
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    Manager wants us back in office...

    Hannahbanana replied to rn30's topic in General Nursing

    I work for myself, and even before I did that, I was salaried, not hourly. They didn’t care when we worked so long as we got things done (field medical case management). Now that I work for myself,...
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    Manager wants us back in office...

    Hannahbanana replied to rn30's topic in General Nursing

    No need of that. One of the first things I got when I got out of the office and into my home office was a wireless Panasonic headset that plugged into my desk phone. It has a decent range so I can go...
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    What to say to a student who needs encouragement?

    Hannahbanana replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Do what I always did (and still do) when faced with the need to make a new achievement, learn to drive, work as a nurse, crochet a blanket, breastfeed a baby, undergo surgery, take a pet for...
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    LVN to RN Bridge

    Hannahbanana replied to Texasoklahoma1985's topic in General Nursing

    Might need to have made a certain number of “quality” posts first, e.g., more than “Agree!” LOL. Not sure what that is but it seems like it’s something like 10 or 15, not too many. Prevents...
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    Verbal job offer

    Hannahbanana replied to Kaden RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Go ahead and interview for the other one (don’t mention interview #1) , but paperwork is paperwork, and they’ll get back to you. Happens all the
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    So excited but got disappointed

    Hannahbanana replied to Nayhi's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Don’t get too fixated on the “risk my safety” thing. Reminded me of the cold February day I went to clinical in my student nurse uni (a dress, not scrubs, LOL) and fell on some ice as I...
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    New Grad Job Searching without Referrals?

    Hannahbanana replied to NewbieNurseRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A referral is when somebody sends you somewhere, as in, “My primary care referred me to a specialist,” or perhaps, “My old charge nurse sent me to her friend who was a DoN across town for a job...
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    Narc count discrepancy

    Hannahbanana replied to NewNurse1920's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If there are more doses present than documented, at least it doesn’t look like somebody pocketed any. If the facility has been reported a lot of bad documentation or other errors, looks like this...
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    LVN to RN Bridge

    Hannahbanana replied to Texasoklahoma1985's topic in General Nursing

    1) Go to your profile immediately and change your name to something else. You never know who will search you for some reason and find your posts here. They are not private. 2) Choose what you want...
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    Ventilator basics for new RN

    Hannahbanana replied to newRN109's topic in General Nursing

    It’s also useful to know what the peak pressures are required to deliver a given volume of gases. If you notice them creeping up over time in an otherwise quiet patient, that tells you his lungs are...
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    It's a small healthcare world after all!

    Hannahbanana replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I did, twice. I worked in a super-duper ICU in another state for almost five years, then moved. One night working PRN in state 2 the evening supervisor showed up, and she was one of the nurses I...